Bed-pan.



N0- 828,754. PATENTED AUG. 14, 1906. J. LOPITSOH & P. NAUMANN.

BED PAN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1905.

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BED PAN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1905.

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JOHN LOPITSOH AND FREDERICK NAUMANN OF GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN.

BED-PAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14, 1906.

Application filed July 21,1905. Serial No. 270.647-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, J OHN LOPITSOH and FREDERICK NAUMANN, citizens of the United States, residing at Green Bay, in the county of Brown and the State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bed-Pans, of which the following is a specificatlon.

This invention relates to an adjustable bed-pan adapted to be supported under a bed, and includes a mattress specially constructed to be employed in combination with the pan.

The invention consists of the novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth, pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan View of a bed centrally broken away to show our device in position beneath it. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of a carriage or movable frame adapted to support the pan. Fig. i is a detail view'of the end portion of a supporting-bar and a portion of a side rail of a bed. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a portion of the mattress, showing the bottom of the same. Fig. 6 is a partial longitudinal section through the mattress.

In the drawings, A represents side rails of a bed, and A the mattress. This mattress is centrally cut out, as shown at A Metal strips B are arranged on the under side of the mattress and transversely with respect to the mattress, the strips being parallel and having their ends connected by bars B, which are sewed or stitched to the under side of the mattress A, as shown in Fig. 5. 4o

rectangular frame B is carried by the strips B, and the opening in the frame alines with that in the mattress.

, A bar O extends transversely between the side rails of the bed, and in order that it may be applied to beds of various widths the bar 0 is connected adjacent its ends by means of a clip O and set-screw to a clamping member G which engages the adjacent side rail A. The bar 0 and clamping members O being slidable on each other, the combined length of these parts can be adjusted to suit beds of diiferentsizes.

A depending shaft D is carried by the bar O, and hinges D connect a frame E to the shaft D. The frame E is provided with casters E and opposite its hinged end supports a second frame E at right angles to the frame E. The frame E has verticallygrooved end members, in which slide vertically a frame E, the frame being provided also with horizontal and brace members E One of the vertical members of the frame E is provided with a rack E, and a lever E is pivoted to the frame E and carries a toothed segment E, which works on the rack E. By depressing with the foot or otherwise the free end of the lever E the frame E is moved vertically in the frame E 'The frame E carries a horizontal frame F, adapted to support a bed-pan J. The frames E, E E and F will be termed collectively the carriage, and serve to support the bed-pan J and move it into and out of its desired position. It will be noted that the pan thus supported will have both a horizontal mo veme'nt through the swinging of the hinged frame E anda vertical movement through the lowering or raising of the frame E. It will be obvious also that both of these movementscan be given by means of the free end of the lever E since the lever is connected at its pivot-point to the hinged frame E.

When the lever E is swung under the bed into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the pan J will be moved out of alinement with the opening A in the mattress. To close this opening, we employ a frame G, pivoted to one of the bed-slats or otherwise pivotally secured beneath the bed, and this frame carries a section of mattress G matching the mattress A. An arm His connected to the frame G, and pivoted to the free end of the arm H is a draw-rod or lever H, to which is pivotally connected a handle portion H and by drawing the handle portion outwardly the section of mattress will be lifted upwardly into the opening A closing the same, and thus making the mattress con' tinuous. The handle portion H can then be turned under the bed out of the way.

To lock the frame G in its horizontal po sition, we employ a catch K, operated by a push-rod K. When the rod K is pulled outwardly and the catch K withdrawn, the frame G will fall like a trap-door, and the bed-pan J can be swung back into alinement with the opening A The advantages of our construction will be obvious to those using devices of this character.

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'ried by, the wheeled carriage, a rack-bar Having thus fully'described our invention, I what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a mattress ha ving a cut-out portion, an adjustable bar arranged beneath and transverse to the mata wheeled frame pivotally connected to the shaft, and a receptacle movably carried by the frame and adapted to be brought into alinement with the opening.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a mattress having a cut-out portion, a hinged frame, a section of mattress carried by said frame and adapted to swing into and out of the cut-out portion, means for swinging the said frame and mattress-section into and out of place, a wheeled carriage adapted to be moved into alinementwith the cut-out portion, a vertically-movable receptacle caradapted to lift the receptacle vertically and a lever having a rack-segment formed thereon, said lever being pivoted to the wheeled carriage and adapted to simultaneously move the carriage into position and also lift the rack-bar and the receptacle.

3. A device of the kind described comprising a mattress having an opening therein, a section of mattress adapted to be temporarily brought into said opening, aframe adapted to be swung under said opening, a second frame carried by and at right angles to the first, a third frame carried by and vertically movable in the second frame, a fourth frame carried horizontally by the third frame, a bed-panmounted in the fourth frame, and a lever pivoted to the first frame and adapted to swing the same in a horizontal plane and to move the third frame vertically, as and for the purpose set forth.

JOHN LOPITSOH. FREDERICK NAUMANN.

Witnesses J. P. ScHUMAoHER,

J. F. DOCKRY. 

